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The Women's Studies Project (WSP), a five-year research project that ended in 1999, was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Project examined the immediate and long-term consequences of the use of family planning methods and services, with the aim of strengthening programs to better meet women's reproductive health needs. As part of these efforts, FHI worked to expand the research skills and repertoire of local investigators, providing technical assistance in the use of qualitative research methodologies and approaches to incorporating gender perspectives in research. Researchers worked collaboratively with family planning professionals, non-governmental organizations and women's health advocates to study the impact of family planning on women's lives -- from project development to dissemination of results.
The WSP conducted 26 studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, South Korea, Mali, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation was conducted in China. In addition, secondary analyses of existing data from Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria and the Philippines were done. Through this research, the WSP examined the impact of family planning use or non-use on several aspects of women's lives including pregnancy and childbearing experience; self-esteem and autonomy; household and family roles; community and societal roles; and work and education. Several conceptual frameworks were developed by the project, as well as many publications, including: Case studies on women-centered health programs Country reports, research summaries and factsheets More working papers on gender issues
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